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Dramatic protests successful Lok Sabha forestall PM’s reply to the question of thanks
The Lok Sabha had to beryllium adjourned for the day amid precocious play connected Wednesday (February 4, 2026) arsenic women MPs from Opposition parties walked crossed the aisle and held up banners successful beforehand of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s beforehand enactment spot up of his customary reply to the Presidential Address. They were protesting a BJP MP’s allegations against erstwhile Congress PMs.
Agricultural, dairy sectors protected successful India-U.S. commercialized deal: Piyush Goyal successful Parliament
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal connected Wednesday (February 4, 2026) told Parliament that the authorities had been palmy successful protecting the Indian cultivation and dairy sectors successful the India-U.S. commercialized deal. Making a connection successful some Houses, Mr. Goyal said the woody would assistance marque India self-reliant and added that the labour-intensive sectors would person a large boost successful exports pursuing the simplification successful tariffs to 18%, which were earlier pegged astatine 50%.
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal’s connection connected commercialized woody is simply a no-statement, says Congress
The Congress connected Wednesday (February 4, 2026) said the statement connected the India–U.S. commercialized agreement made by Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal successful Parliament lacked substance and clarity. Congress wide caput Jairam Ramesh described it arsenic a “non-statement”, arguing that it offered nary factual details arsenic negotiations were inactive nether way.
Insults alert arsenic Rahul Gandhi, Ravneet Bittu commercialized ‘traitor’ and ‘enemy of the country’ jibes
A sharp speech of words betwixt Lok Sabha Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Minister of State for Railways Ravneet Singh Bittu escalated into a governmental contention connected Wednesday (February 4, 2026), prompting BJP-led Sikh groups to protestation extracurricular the Congress bureau successful the metropolis by precocious afternoon.
Trinamool Congress, BJP prosecute successful warfare of words successful Rajya Sabha
On a time erstwhile West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee argued successful the Supreme Court against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) presently underway successful 12 States, including her own, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) sparred successful the Rajya Sabha implicit issues ranging from the State government’s alleged indifference toward Centrally sponsored schemes to roadworthy markings being painted successful the TMC’s colours of achromatic and bluish alternatively of the cosmopolitan yellowish and black.
In his maiden code successful Rajya Sabha, Kamal Haasan calls Special Intensive Revision a ‘disease giving emergence to galore surviving dead’
Actor-turned-MP and president of Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) Kamal Haasan, successful his maiden code successful the Rajya Sabha connected Wednesday (February 4, 2026), raised concerns implicit the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. He said the SIR could delete 1 crore voters from the database successful Tamil Nadu and expressed enactment for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s absorption to the SIR.
Every azygous genuine idiosyncratic indispensable stay connected electoral roll, CJI tells West Bengal CM successful Supreme Court
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, heading a three-judge Supreme Court Bench, assured West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, lasting successful the beforehand enactment of his crowded courtroom connected Wednesday (February 4, 2026), that the Election Commission of India cannot “run away” from its Constitutional committedness to guarantee that “every azygous genuine citizen” is included successful the electoral rotation during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
Yumnam Khemchand Singh takes oath arsenic Chief Minister of Manipur
The installation of a Bharatiya Janata Party‑led National Democratic Alliance government, with a Meitei person astatine the helm, brought an extremity to astir a twelvemonth of President’s Rule successful Manipur connected Wednesday (February 4, 2026). Around 6 p.m., Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla administered the oath of bureau to erstwhile Assembly Speaker and martial creator Yumnam Khemchand Singh arsenic the State’s 2nd Chief Minister since the 2022 election. The first, Nongthombam Biren Singh, resigned connected February 9, 2025, arsenic a casualty of the taste struggle betwixt the Kuki-Zo and Meitei communities that broke retired connected May 3, 2023.
Supreme Court asks if Centre tin reconsider Sonam Wangchuk’s detention connected wellness grounds
The Supreme Court connected Wednesday (February 4, 2026) asked whether the Centre could rethink the detention of clime activistic Sonam Wangchuk considering his wellness condition, portion pointing retired that helium has been successful confinement since September 2025, for astir 5 months now. A Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and P.B. Varale observed that Mr. Wangchuk’s wellness study was not good.
Ladakh leaders property for Statehood; talks with Home Ministry stay inconclusive
The talks betwixt the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and Ladakh civilian nine leaders, being held aft much than 3 months, remained inconclusive, said Cherring Dorjay Lakruk, co-convener of the Leh Apex Body (LAB). The October 22, 2025, draught connection submitted by the radical regarding Statehood and inclusion of Ladakh nether the sixth docket of the Constitution, frankincense giving it a tribal status, was discussed astatine the meeting.
Indian cities could spot acold higher somesthesia emergence than projected, says study
Climate models whitethorn beryllium underestimating — by thing from fractional to 2 degrees — however overmuch hotter India’s non-metropolitan cities tin get from planetary warming comparative to agrarian areas, according to a survey published Wednesday (February 4, 2026). The researchers, from the University of East Anglia successful the United Kingdom, analysed however temperatures would emergence successful 104 “medium-sized” cities successful tropical and sub-tropical regions nether a 2°C warming scenario, the emissions way that the globe is presently on. Rather than asking however blistery regions go connected average, the survey asks a antithetic question: however overmuch faster bash cities lukewarm than their surrounding countryside?
Three minors extremity beingness aft being denied entree to mobile phone
Three insignificant sisters ended their lives aboriginal connected Wednesday (February 4, 2026) aft jumping disconnected the balcony of a ninth-floor level successful Ghaziabad, arsenic their parents had restricted mobile telephone usage, the constabulary said. The sisters, Nishika, 16, Prachi, 14 and Pakhi, 12, were recovered dormant connected the pavement adjacent a assemblage parkland of the gated community, a small aft 2 a.m. The incidental came to airy arsenic residents of the apartments woke up to cries of their parents.
Denotified tribes question law recognition, abstracted Census entry
Denotified tribes, nomadic tribes, and semi-nomadic tribes crossed the state are coming unneurotic to push for a “separate column” for themselves successful the 2027 Census. Their request is for law designation of the Denotified Tribes successful a Schedule, connected par with the existing classifications of Scheduled Castes and Tribes (SCs/STs) and different backward classes (OBCs).
U.K. asks Air India to explicate Boeing Dreamliner fuel-switch incident
Britain’s aviation authorization has asked Air India to explicate however a Boeing Dreamliner rider pitchy which was grounded connected accomplishment successful India for information checks took disconnected from London connected Sunday (February 1, 2026) with a perchance faulty substance switch, a missive shows. The U.K. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), successful a missive to the hose dated Tuesday (February 3, 2026), warned of the anticipation of regulatory enactment against Air India and its Boeing 787 fleet if the hose does not taxable a implicit effect within a week.
Bharat Taxi cooperative cab work to beryllium launched by Home Minister
Union Minister for Home Affairs and Cooperation Amit Shah volition motorboat India’s archetypal cooperative-based ride-hailing platform, Bharat Taxi, connected Thursday (February 5, 2026). Bharat Taxi has been conceptualised arsenic a transformative inaugural successful the mobility sector, placing drivers —referred to arsenic sarathis (charioteers) — astatine the centre of ownership, operations, and worth creation, thereby freeing them from exploitative aggregator-based models, a connection by the Cooperation Ministry said.
Andre Beteille: A sociologist with rigorous assistance who laid accent connected value of fieldwork
Renowned Indian sociologist and writer Andre Beteille died owed to age-related unwellness astatine his residence successful New Delhi connected Tuesday. He was 91. The passing distant of Professor Beteille, 1 of India’s foremost scholars, brought distant a unreserved of tributes from colleagues and erstwhile students, amid a realisation that it besides marks the passing of a peculiar mode of scholarship, and of a practitioner of teaching arsenic a vocation.
Iran, U.S. to clasp atomic talks successful Oman connected February 6
Nuclear talks betwixt Iran and the United States volition instrumentality spot connected Friday (February 6, 2026) successful Oman, the Iranian Foreign Minister said, arsenic tensions betwixt the countries stay precocious pursuing Tehran’s bloody crackdown connected nationwide protests past month. The announcement by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi connected Wednesday (February 4, 2026) came aft hours of indications that the anticipated talks were faltering implicit changes successful the format and contented of the talks.
Maduro state Saab, Venezuelan businessman erstwhile held successful U.S., arrested again
Venezuelan authoritative Alex Saab, a Colombian-Venezuelan erstwhile businessman once held successful the U.S., was arrested successful Venezuela connected Wednesday (February 4, 2026) as portion of a associated cognition betwixt U.S. and Venezuelan authorities, a U.S. instrumentality enforcement authoritative said. Saab, a close state of President Nicolas Maduro, was cinematically detained successful Cape Verde successful 2020 and held successful the U.S. for much than 3 years connected bribery charges, earlier being granted clemency successful speech for the merchandise of Americans held successful Venezuela.
Almost 200 separatists killed aft attacks successful Pakistan, says official
Pakistan’s information forces person killed astir 200 separatist insurgents successful southwestern Balochistan state since they launched a question of attacks implicit the weekend, a information authoritative said Wednesday (February 4, 2026), taking the wide decease toll past 250. Fighting has continued betwixt authorities forces and the militants pursuing the coordinated attacks, with sporadic clashes inactive taking spot successful immoderate districts aft gunmen stormed banks, jails, constabulary stations and subject installations.
WPL: Royal Challengers Bengaluru stands betwixt Delhi Capitals and a maiden title
Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Delhi Capitals aren’t successful uncharted territory arsenic they cogwheel up for the last of the Women’s Premier League connected Thursday. Two seasons ago, it was these 2 teams that battled for the expansive prize astatine the Arun Jaitley Stadium successful Delhi. Smriti Mandhana and Co. emerged victorious then, spreading cheer among a fervent instrumentality basal yearning for silverware.
